AUGUSTA — Camp North Woods, where youngsters learn good sportsmanship and the importance of sustaining Maine’s natural resources is accepting applications for two week-long summer camps. With the popularity of the camps, a chance lottery form applications will take place on April 11.

The camp was created in 2015 by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. As well as imparting outdoor skills and respect for the state’s natural resources, organizers say the camp was established to build upon the overwhelming interest by youth who have grown to love the hit TV series North Woods Law.

Camp North Woods will be held at and hosted by the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. Camp staff and instructors winclude Maine game wardens, Fisheries and Wildlife biologists, recreational safety coordinators, information and education staff as well as staff from Bryant Pond. 

A co-ed overnight camp for children ages 9-11 will be held July 15-20, and a co-ed overnight camp for children ages 11-13 is planned for July 29-Aug.3.

This year, each week will accommodate 100 campers and provide hands-on learning opportunities in a number of outdoor related activities in a safe and comfortable environment, orgnaizers said in a news release. Campers are joined by their parents or guardians for the last day of camp for a family field day.

Because there are a limited number of spaces at Camp North Woods, a chance lottery will be held on April 11. Campers may enter the drawing for a chance to attend Camp North Woods if they have not attended camp before and will be at least 9 years of age by July 15, and no older than 13 years of age on Aug. 3. Each child may enter the drawing only once. The entry fee is $5,  and all proceeds will go to support Camp North Woods.

Maine residents and non-residents may apply; 70 percent of the lottery winners will be Maine residents, with 30 percent nonresident.

If selected in the lottery, the registration fee is $435 for Maine residents and $635 for non-residents and includes meals, lodging and instruction for the week, IF&W officials said.

Interested campers can apply for the online lottery by visiting bit.ly/campnorthwoodslottery.

The deadline to apply for the lottery is 11:59 p.m. April 6.

For more information about Camp North Woods, visit: bit.ly/CampNorthWoodsMaine or email Brittany Humphrey at brittany.humphrey@maine.gov.